Show the public domain A serious problem for the uintah basin talk delivered at lions liona club wool week program by supervisor J 0 stew stewart art of the ashley national forest st deserve He serve many years the public domain m n has been the subject of 0 con tid limen crable erable disca aslon among those s stockmen to who graae graze their herds on the public ranges bills providing tor for supervision or disposition ol 01 this vast area have been introduced in Cor Cov iress those bills providing for sup supervision failed of 0 the no acre or ising homestead bom estead act was passed and some of the best of the remaining ranges rames lapsed aa ased to private ownership under he p of that act any measure designed to provide for supervision has met strong opposition from stockmen in many quarters that opposition has been brea breaking king down rapidly during the past few years but still Is quite trong in acme states some states believe that grazing on the public domain should be placed under ped red ral supervision somewhat sir similar to the supervision slon in effect on the nat onal conal forests other states believe title to land should pass to the states and the land bo be fold sold off by the states or placed arder state supervision there mere are abill i 1 few stockmen who he would mould prefer 0 let things go as they are a un ler the present no control system the first man to ne lie feed gets it dilding oil ding re Is strong enough to keep his competition stockmen out under this system no thought la Is given to perpetuating the range resources of course the primary ane ange resource 1 Is the forage here in utah the forage that grows on the bublic domain ranges is 13 vital to the livestock Uv estock industry particularly the sheep since most of the ranee range flocks ire are on the range yearlong all the renter ange R and most cioe of the spring and and an d fall ranges range are am public domain lal forests and privately owned lands provide the bulk of the summer feed that is particularly true la in vinah county where sheep are owned the forage for these sheep la is vital to the sheep business in this county and therefore vital to practically all forma of business in this county since it la is so highly dependent on the sheep industry it Is ft ell kown that 0 air tr native forage plants must bo be given some measure of 01 protect on in order that they may thrive and perpetuate themselves ms plant groath Is 13 dependent upon plant food and moisture usually the limit factor in plant food it nitrogen nature pla plains nitrogen in the so eol I 1 through the action of c certain ertain bacate bacteria rim which live in organic mater material the organic material in the soil Is decomposed plant life if planta plants are grazed too closely bear ear after year the annual contribution of organic material to the cell soil by the plants Is decreased and the plants become Et tinted with less organic material tt ti e nitrogen decreases and better forage plants give way to poorer plants the partial soil cover of Is replaced by isolated plants when the top cover of eoll toll con tans taris ta ns an appreciable amount of organic material the ater stored in the soil Is many times that chich the soil vill absorb without organic material when soil la is d by lack of organic material plants have died and their sis terns which hold the sou mu together are gone the sell soll rapidly grates and or croson cros on begins or e erosion fit artes it takes may ears cam even decade decades under the best of care to bring back the fer ter alty t allty and forage cover caver that was originally igi nally there plants can be grazed and still maintained by moderate grazing and proper seabond u of use this has been proven on lately owned hangee and national nil forests too many stock resulting in too close grazing and heavy gra grazing zing when plant plants are starting irrow growth th kills the plante plant e of the 2 million acres in utah approximately 2 per cent 6 la na paries parts ind azid national maou onu ments 4 per cent belongs to the natate 14 per cent la is within national forests IS 15 per cent Is coal oil phosphate power sites public watering places and reclamation withdrawals dr dra wals asals and 17 wr oer cent la Is on the lay rolls the remainder or about 48 per cent or 25 to 26 millions acres is 1 public dorn domain aln this 48 per cent provides 53 52 per ct cent nt of the feed for 29 sheep and head ot of cattle shall this 52 per cent be squandered through unwise unregulated and over use or shall it be supervised and maintained for posterity that Is the question contra biting the people using boundless areas ot of western range the livestock industry ot of utah and uintah county nearly every day I 1 am told ot of new outfits moving their sheep on to already over stocked winter ranee range md m d for yeara years by residents and tax pa pars era rs of this county I 1 have been told if f at least head of sheep belonging to these new outfits many of them tramps ie le no land and paying no taxes to help k keep beep up the it es and states state other than the th taxes on the stock when the amejor Is fortunate enough to catch them the greater part of the public I 1 domain Is serving it its highest purpose as 83 range for livestock the earlier the date it can be placed under tha better the agency that supervises it matter particularly to icing as it I 1 Is ch clont and WW conscientious in its endeavor eni I 1 to maintain and improve the range and wid protect the bona fide cottiers cettl er and tax payer payers from unfair competition b the tramp outfits and aliens who hare have not seen fit to become citizens 0 ot the united L states priced W ouner music store moved to et win street LOGAN the cache Aza american arieW new senal weekly launched here |